Cullingworth nestles in Yorkshire's wonderful South Pennines and I have the pleasure and delight to be the village's Conservative Councillor. But these are my views - on politics, food, beer and the stupidity of those who want to tell me what to think or do. And a little on mushrooms.

Friday, 27 June 2014

On the power of the media...

Speaking of which, we might, when considering over-mighty media moguls
remember that Murdoch is not the main player in the British media
landscape. That honour belongs to the BBC. Nearly six times as many
Britons watch BBC1 than read The Sun. The BBC’s website has
more readers than any Murdoch title. And across all platforms, online,
on television and on radio, the BBC does more to shape and mould public
attitudes than any other media enterprise. This is so even if it also
often takes its lead from the newspapers.

This is a central - and important - point in an excellent article on the lynch mob chasing Rupert Murdoch.